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The Soorma poster.

Diljit Dosanjh will be seen doing something he hasn’t done before on screen.

Diljit has already proved his talent as an actor in Punjabi films and now in Hindi films like Udta Punjab, but he never imagined that he would work in a biopic.

“I am a singer. I don’t have much of an idea about acting,” he says.

Diljit credits his movies’ success to the directors he has worked with.

“Even if it becomes a hit, it isn’t an actor’s (vision). It is the director’s vision only,” he says.

“Every actor works hard. Who wouldn’t want to work on their character? But it is the director who makes the film better,” he insists.

“If the film is not good, no matter how much you cry or try to make the people laugh, they will feel it’s not good enough.”

Diljit did not know how to play hockey, and tried to bow out of the film.

“I said no to Shaad a couple of times. I even went to his office to refuse the film. I asked him why he was asking me to do this film. I hadn’t known the story until then. All I knew was that it was a film on hockey,” he recalls.

“But they were convinced they wanted to do the film with me. So I heard the story and realised that it’s beyond the game.”

Since Diljit did not know how to play hockey, he trained with Sandeep for about 20 days in Mumbai.

He will also sing a romantic song in Soorma, his first number in Hindi.

Photograph: Kind courtesy Kylie Jenner/Instagram

For a singer of soulful Punjabi melodies, Diljit confesses he is a die-hard Kylie Jenner fan.

Would he like to feature in a music video with her?

“Main unko pasand karta hoon (I like her). And when you like someone, you don’t have expectations that the person will do something for you. If she comes, then it’s good. Otherwise, koi baat nahin,” he says.

“Dekh ke kahin baar good feel hota hai na? (doesn’t it feel good just looking at someone sometimes?) I feel good looking at her.”